Such consideration seems to be lacking these days. The concept of being entitled to "peaceful enjoyment" of your home is dead.

I believe the council Environmental Health people are so under-resourced that you need to call early in the evening to get a chance of them visiting which defeats the point.

According to http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/Environment/P...hbours.htm they say:

The police will not respond to noise-type complaints unless there is a fight under way. I have considered this as a route to getting them to respond in the past ;-).

Yup - that's the one. We live 4 doors away and didn't get a note - we could hardly hear our own TV at times.

I don't mind people having occasional parties but I think having the music so loud it can be heard several houses away with all the doors and windows closed and going on past 4am is unreasonable. If they want to do that then they should hire a venue.

Of course, as soon as you involve the council you impact on your property sale potential since you need to declare any formal disputes on sale.

It really makes me fume but there's really nothing effective that you can do with current legislation (without harming your own position) as I see it.